1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,245 'In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,287 --> 00:00:06,999 'sexually based offences are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:11,545 'In New York City, the detectives who investigate these vicious felonies 4 00:00:11,586 --> 00:00:15,133 'are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. 5 00:00:15,174 --> 00:00:17,260 'These are their stories.' 6 00:00:27,938 --> 00:00:30,817 Oh, God! Oh, God! 7 00:00:39,409 --> 00:00:42,204 - Nice view. - Yeah, at night, too. 8 00:00:42,246 --> 00:00:45,874 - You've been here at night? - Yeah, on a case. 9 00:00:45,916 --> 00:00:49,462 - A case of what? - OK, well, like a... date. 10 00:00:49,504 --> 00:00:52,049 - With a friend. - What friend is that? 11 00:00:52,091 --> 00:00:54,217 - A guy, a buddy of mine. - Uh-huh. 12 00:00:54,259 --> 00:00:57,763 - Who found the body? - Two uniforms and a sector car. 13 00:00:57,805 --> 00:01:00,474 - Got prints? - Half of Manhattan's on this door. 14 00:01:00,516 --> 00:01:02,727 Ah, valet parking. 15 00:01:02,769 --> 00:01:07,399 Did you ever take your friend to a place with valet parking? 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,610 That's funny. 17 00:01:10,653 --> 00:01:12,530 What've we got? 18 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:18,328 Point-blank to the jaw. Upper trajectory. Looks like a 9mm. 19 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:21,498 Ow! Somebody wanted to make a point. 20 00:01:24,001 --> 00:01:27,922 - Is this too nice for the perp to have left? - Maybe it's the victim's. 21 00:01:27,964 --> 00:01:31,468 - Find the gun for this holster? - Nothing in the car? 22 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:33,803 No, we didn't find the weapon. 23 00:01:33,845 --> 00:01:37,141 That would make it too simple. Got ID on the body? 24 00:01:37,182 --> 00:01:39,227 You're gonna love this one. 25 00:01:39,269 --> 00:01:41,812 - Whoa! Judge Warren Varella. - What? 26 00:01:41,854 --> 00:01:45,901 I want you to seal this crime scene tighter than an accountant's ass. 27 00:02:34,622 --> 00:02:39,085 - Time of death? - Last night, between 8:00 and 11:00. 28 00:02:39,127 --> 00:02:42,630 Where are we on the judge's last-knowns? 29 00:02:42,672 --> 00:02:45,342 Well, he arrived at work at 9:30. 30 00:02:45,384 --> 00:02:48,012 Conference until 11:00. Long lunch. 31 00:02:48,054 --> 00:02:51,683 Afternoon, he told his secretary he needed time alone. 32 00:02:51,724 --> 00:02:55,521 To think deep legal thoughts in his caddie, fly open. 33 00:02:55,563 --> 00:02:58,356 - Did he make it home? - Wife says no. 34 00:02:58,398 --> 00:03:02,527 She last saw him pulling out of his drive, coffee mug on top of the car. 35 00:03:02,570 --> 00:03:06,491 She ran half a block to stop him. It fell, shattered, and so is she. 36 00:03:06,533 --> 00:03:09,702 - Did she worry when he wasn't home? - She's not talking. 37 00:03:09,743 --> 00:03:12,831 What was he doing on a pier in the middle of the night? 38 00:03:12,872 --> 00:03:15,126 Nice neighbourhood. No hookers. 39 00:03:15,167 --> 00:03:18,963 - Swell place for a grope-athon. - It was a full moon. Beautiful. 40 00:03:19,004 --> 00:03:22,925 - He wasn't watching the moon. - Does he have a girlfriend? 41 00:03:22,967 --> 00:03:28,266 Maybe his wife caught him, blew off his unit and removed his brain? 42 00:03:28,307 --> 00:03:31,643 - That's not the part he'd miss. - Any LUDs? 43 00:03:31,685 --> 00:03:34,647 He had his cellphone, but the batteries were dead. 44 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:36,816 - Did he call for help? - We'll see. 45 00:03:36,857 --> 00:03:38,568 Could it have been a hit? 46 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:41,738 If it was a hit, they would've shot him in only one head. 47 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:44,825 Given the lower wound, disenchanted lover? 48 00:03:44,866 --> 00:03:47,036 Sex offender's payback? 49 00:03:47,078 --> 00:03:50,249 - Varella was licensed to carry. - What did he own? 50 00:03:50,289 --> 00:03:54,002 He owned a 9mm Sig Sauer, model 229. 51 00:03:54,044 --> 00:03:56,922 - Nice gun. - Unless it's being used on you. 52 00:03:56,964 --> 00:03:59,341 - What kind of slugs did you find? - 9mm. 53 00:03:59,383 --> 00:04:03,138 So the rounds came from his gun. Where's the gun? 54 00:04:03,179 --> 00:04:07,475 Presumably under the pier in several feet of water. 55 00:04:07,517 --> 00:04:10,853 One slug found in the rocker panel, a second in his jaw. 56 00:04:10,895 --> 00:04:14,942 - Where's the wife? - In seclusion until tomorrow. 57 00:04:14,984 --> 00:04:19,071 Look, people, our asses are flapping in the wind here. 58 00:04:19,113 --> 00:04:21,783 I've been briefed by the bureau head. 59 00:04:21,825 --> 00:04:24,370 I've fielded 30 calls from press. 60 00:04:24,412 --> 00:04:27,164 DCPI want me to make a statement. 61 00:04:27,206 --> 00:04:30,919 'Saintly Judge Found in Love Nest with Hooker.' 62 00:04:30,961 --> 00:04:33,087 This guy was tough on sex offenders. 63 00:04:33,129 --> 00:04:37,759 That women's shelter, Together We're Safe, he made that happen. 64 00:04:37,801 --> 00:04:41,221 Benson, Stabler, check out the office. Follow the politics. 65 00:04:41,263 --> 00:04:43,724 Munch, Cassidy, check out recent parolees. 66 00:04:45,434 --> 00:04:48,855 - Hey. Hey, got a sec? - One. 67 00:04:48,897 --> 00:04:50,732 - I'll get the car. - OK. 68 00:04:50,774 --> 00:04:53,402 I'm sorry. Does he er...? 69 00:04:53,443 --> 00:04:57,907 No, I don't think so. We don't discuss our private lives. 70 00:04:57,949 --> 00:05:00,618 - Kinda like us, right? - Right. So...? 71 00:05:02,078 --> 00:05:04,373 - Nothing. - OK. 72 00:05:12,589 --> 00:05:15,343 Know anyone who wanted Judge Varella dead? 73 00:05:15,385 --> 00:05:19,472 About 2,000 convicts. Any one of them could have put a hit on him 74 00:05:19,514 --> 00:05:22,059 or done it themselves once they were out. 75 00:05:22,101 --> 00:05:24,645 - Something more personal? - Like what? 76 00:05:24,687 --> 00:05:28,107 - A business relationship? - He had a few blue-chip stocks. 77 00:05:28,148 --> 00:05:30,694 Otherwise, the court was his whole life. 78 00:05:30,735 --> 00:05:33,822 - Did he have a girlfriend? - No. Definitely not. 79 00:05:33,863 --> 00:05:37,118 - No? - I heard about the other bullet. 80 00:05:37,159 --> 00:05:41,497 The one in his... He sentenced sex offenders. 81 00:05:41,539 --> 00:05:45,836 - We have a whole file of threats. - Any of them recently paroled? 82 00:05:45,877 --> 00:05:49,589 Help yourself. I hope you find who did this. 83 00:05:49,631 --> 00:05:51,884 - So do we. - No. 84 00:05:51,926 --> 00:05:54,846 I'd still be flipping burgers at Hamburger Heaven 85 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:58,057 if it weren't for Judge Varella. Excuse me. 86 00:05:59,810 --> 00:06:02,019 I've never had a judge before. 87 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:03,939 - Nervous? - No. 88 00:06:03,981 --> 00:06:08,026 - Which shot came first, head or...? - Genitals. Tremendous loss of blood. 89 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:11,489 So he's behind his wheel, bleeding. How long? 90 00:06:11,531 --> 00:06:15,243 - Minute, maybe two. - Then the head shot. Close range? 91 00:06:15,284 --> 00:06:17,746 Second shot was fired from a foot away. 92 00:06:17,788 --> 00:06:21,917 - Perp enjoyed watching him suffer. - Or couldn't decide what to do. 93 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:26,005 Something else. He ejaculated a few minutes before he was shot. 94 00:06:26,047 --> 00:06:28,466 Anything else on those lines? Hair, fibre? 95 00:06:28,508 --> 00:06:32,137 Saliva on his glans. I put a rush on it for DNA. 96 00:06:32,179 --> 00:06:37,309 Plus malate, microcrystalline wax, red dye number 21. 97 00:06:37,351 --> 00:06:39,896 - Which is? - Cherry Glow lipstick. 98 00:06:39,938 --> 00:06:42,565 The killer orally copped him? 99 00:06:44,150 --> 00:06:47,697 I think the weeping widow has had enough time to grieve. 100 00:06:50,408 --> 00:06:54,788 - When we notified you yesterday... - I can't believe this is happening. 101 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:57,749 You said your husband didn't come home that night. 102 00:06:57,791 --> 00:07:00,878 - He didn't. - Were you worried? 103 00:07:01,962 --> 00:07:06,217 He always works late. I'm used to going to sleep alone. 104 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,512 When he wasn't there in the morning? 105 00:07:08,554 --> 00:07:12,182 He's always gone to the office before I get up. 106 00:07:12,224 --> 00:07:15,852 It doesn't appear that you spend any time with your husband. 107 00:07:17,104 --> 00:07:19,899 - You're not married, are you? - No. 108 00:07:19,941 --> 00:07:22,944 Was the judge satisfied at home? 109 00:07:22,986 --> 00:07:25,238 What are you saying? 110 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:27,616 We believe his attacker was a woman. 111 00:07:27,658 --> 00:07:30,327 That's hard to believe. 112 00:07:30,369 --> 00:07:34,165 - He was a friend to women. - Was he seeing another woman? 113 00:07:36,083 --> 00:07:38,128 I loved my husband. 114 00:07:38,169 --> 00:07:40,046 Is this necessary? 115 00:07:40,088 --> 00:07:41,966 Yes, it is. 116 00:07:42,007 --> 00:07:44,425 Where were you the night he died? 117 00:07:44,467 --> 00:07:46,595 I was at the club. 118 00:07:46,637 --> 00:07:50,599 - Where did you go after the club? - Then I came home alone. 119 00:07:50,641 --> 00:07:54,187 Ma'am, was your husband having an affair? 120 00:07:54,229 --> 00:08:01,320 If Warren were having an affair... Well, I'd be the last to know, wouldn't I? 121 00:08:02,238 --> 00:08:06,492 She said she'd be the last to know. I don't believe her. Women know. 122 00:08:06,534 --> 00:08:08,203 Why do you think it's an act? 123 00:08:08,245 --> 00:08:12,290 Hillary Clinton as Tammy Wynette, standing by her man in office. 124 00:08:12,332 --> 00:08:16,587 - There's something in it for them. - Like she said, you're not married. 125 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:20,716 Protecting the judge's good name? Maybe she's protecting his pension. 126 00:08:23,053 --> 00:08:25,889 Suppose it was a hit, some mob deal gone bad? 127 00:08:25,931 --> 00:08:28,685 Public officials commit a felony, no pension. 128 00:08:28,726 --> 00:08:31,728 And she loses the death benefits. Maybe. 129 00:08:31,770 --> 00:08:34,065 Who's next on the list of friends? 130 00:08:35,149 --> 00:08:37,694 - Excuse me, Emily Waterbury? - Yes? 131 00:08:37,735 --> 00:08:40,739 - Special Victims Unit. - Yes. 132 00:08:40,781 --> 00:08:45,703 - This is about Judge Varella. - Oh. Terrible tragedy. 133 00:08:45,744 --> 00:08:49,707 - We're giving it full court press. - I'm sure you are. Thank you. 134 00:08:49,749 --> 00:08:54,212 You are the deputy director of the Women's Action Committee? 135 00:08:54,254 --> 00:08:58,467 Well, it's just a title. I lobby for women's movements in Albany. 136 00:08:58,509 --> 00:09:00,344 How well did you know the judge? 137 00:09:00,386 --> 00:09:03,807 Not very well, but we all respected him. 138 00:09:03,848 --> 00:09:06,518 - We all? - Yes, the women's movement. 139 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:09,021 We lost a great champion. 140 00:09:09,063 --> 00:09:11,856 Yeah, we know. Together We're Safe. 141 00:09:11,898 --> 00:09:15,111 The Governor asked me to help with the memorial service. 142 00:09:15,152 --> 00:09:19,281 If there's anything that you need, his office will make it available. 143 00:09:19,323 --> 00:09:22,494 - What about his enemies? - What about them? 144 00:09:22,536 --> 00:09:26,331 - Anyone want him dead in Albany? - You're joking. 145 00:09:26,373 --> 00:09:27,834 What do you mean? 146 00:09:27,875 --> 00:09:31,713 I would check out the wife-beaters and rapists that he put away first. 147 00:09:31,755 --> 00:09:33,589 Thanks for the advice. 148 00:09:33,631 --> 00:09:36,093 - Call me any time. - We will. 149 00:09:37,427 --> 00:09:41,682 So the mother has a stripper perform at her kid's sweet-sixteen party 150 00:09:41,723 --> 00:09:44,936 dressed as, get this, a cop. What was her defence? 151 00:09:44,978 --> 00:09:48,523 Some crap about how the striptease is a religious ceremony. 152 00:09:48,564 --> 00:09:51,568 See, I wanted my Bar Mitzvah at the Mustang Ranch 153 00:09:51,610 --> 00:09:54,989 but that was thought to contribute to delinquency. 154 00:09:55,030 --> 00:09:59,035 - Strippers, what's up with that? - In what sense of what's up? 155 00:09:59,077 --> 00:10:04,125 - Paying for sex. It's so pathetic. - One way or another, you pay. 156 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:08,337 - Not me. - You're young, quite good-looking. 157 00:10:08,379 --> 00:10:12,425 Yippity-skip, you're getting laid. Just keep it to yourself, OK? 158 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:14,260 What do you mean? 159 00:10:14,301 --> 00:10:18,390 In the office, don't ask, don't tell, don't mope and don't leer. 160 00:10:18,431 --> 00:10:21,643 There's nothing going on with me in the office. 161 00:10:21,685 --> 00:10:23,771 Yeah, whatever. Great. Fine. 162 00:10:24,855 --> 00:10:27,066 Triple murder from 1962. 163 00:10:27,108 --> 00:10:30,612 Guy goes for parole every two years. Denied last week. 164 00:10:30,654 --> 00:10:32,948 You have all the recent parolees? 165 00:10:32,989 --> 00:10:36,076 Yeah. Green, Melendez and Yi. 166 00:10:36,118 --> 00:10:40,373 One's a child molester and then repeat drug offenders. 167 00:10:40,415 --> 00:10:44,043 Varella kept records on courtroom outbursts. Read those again. 168 00:10:44,085 --> 00:10:48,382 The ones paroled? Er, Green, Melendez and Yi. 169 00:10:48,423 --> 00:10:52,887 Ah. 'D Melendez has been identified as a potential danger 170 00:10:52,929 --> 00:10:56,683 'after threats to judge, bailiff and DA during sentencing.' 171 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:59,520 - Have you got a first name? - Yeah. Erm... 172 00:10:59,561 --> 00:11:02,355 - Delfino. - The dolphin. 173 00:11:08,070 --> 00:11:10,532 - Look, I didn't call you guys. - You bitch! 174 00:11:13,869 --> 00:11:16,371 Stay away from her! Get down! 175 00:11:16,413 --> 00:11:18,374 Yeah, didn't do nothin'! Shut up! 176 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:22,211 - Get off! I didn't do nothing. - Yeah, you're a real saint! 177 00:11:22,253 --> 00:11:24,923 Don't come back, expecting to sleep in my bed! 178 00:11:24,965 --> 00:11:27,425 I got plenty of beds! I don't need yours! 179 00:11:27,467 --> 00:11:29,928 There's a lot of cops where you're going. 180 00:11:29,970 --> 00:11:33,641 Back off, tough guy! Come on! 181 00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:41,566 I thought she was messing with me. 182 00:11:41,608 --> 00:11:44,361 She filed TRS. Were you messing with her? 183 00:11:44,486 --> 00:11:46,823 - We made up. - Where were you Tuesday? 184 00:11:48,032 --> 00:11:50,493 - Do you know Judge Warren Varella? - Nah! 185 00:11:50,535 --> 00:11:53,704 Nah? Funny. You threatened him in open court. 186 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:56,124 Got it right here. 187 00:11:56,165 --> 00:11:58,377 I was mad. 188 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:01,339 - You? - I did nothing to his fat ass! 189 00:12:01,381 --> 00:12:04,174 - What's he whining about? - Dead men don't whine. 190 00:12:04,216 --> 00:12:06,761 You've had weapons charges before. 191 00:12:06,803 --> 00:12:09,139 Are you a Tech 9 man? 192 00:12:09,181 --> 00:12:12,058 If I still had a gun, it wouldn't be no 9 mil. 193 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:15,145 No style. You can buy 'em at gun shows and Kmart. 194 00:12:15,187 --> 00:12:18,816 They're for the Columbine crowd. I got imagination. 195 00:12:18,857 --> 00:12:21,236 All right, we're just messing with you. 196 00:12:21,277 --> 00:12:25,740 But now we know that your favourite weapon is a heat-seeking missile. 197 00:12:25,782 --> 00:12:28,411 Where were you Tuesday night? 198 00:12:31,163 --> 00:12:34,041 At parenting classes. 199 00:12:35,627 --> 00:12:39,798 - Check it out. - Your kid breaks curfew, what do you do? 200 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,469 - What's curfew? - Why were you paroled? 201 00:12:43,511 --> 00:12:48,724 You threatened to kill the parole judge. Three days later you're out. 202 00:12:48,766 --> 00:12:50,977 - Ask my accountant. - Very funny. 203 00:12:51,018 --> 00:12:55,649 - To me, it wasn't. 2,226 bucks. - Lawyers aren't cheap. 204 00:12:55,691 --> 00:12:58,360 No, not to my lawyer, to that fat judge. 205 00:12:58,402 --> 00:13:01,906 Oh, so you bribed the judge. Of course. Very original, Delfino. 206 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:04,826 He said I had to give to some charity or else. 207 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:06,869 - Bye-bye. - I didn't do nothin'! 208 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:09,248 You failed the parenting midterm. 209 00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:15,338 The judge's last cellphone call was to Albany, chick named Waterbury. 210 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:18,174 Director of the Women's Action Committee. 211 00:13:18,216 --> 00:13:22,846 Who claims she only knew the judge by his sterling reputation. 212 00:13:22,888 --> 00:13:26,058 Then, why did she lie? She knows we can trace calls. 213 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:30,230 - Why would Delfino lie? - Maybe Delfino's telling the truth. 214 00:13:30,271 --> 00:13:33,817 Munch and I will check out the bribe tip. Other ex-cons. 215 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:39,781 I can't possibly keep track of the 400 phone calls I get a day. 216 00:13:39,823 --> 00:13:42,910 Even from a judge just before he was shot to death? 217 00:13:42,952 --> 00:13:45,704 I didn't put that together until now. 218 00:13:45,746 --> 00:13:47,791 - This is weird. - What is? 219 00:13:47,833 --> 00:13:51,963 We're from New York City and you treat us like hicks from upstate. 220 00:13:52,004 --> 00:13:55,716 But the dumbest detective can run a computer search. 221 00:13:55,758 --> 00:13:58,845 - I don't follow you. - You worked for Judge Varella. 222 00:13:58,886 --> 00:14:01,138 - What, that Judge Varella? - Uh-huh. 223 00:14:01,180 --> 00:14:04,726 Thanks to his recommendation you can afford these lovely suits. 224 00:14:04,768 --> 00:14:08,480 - I dunno what you're talking about. - A computer glitch revealed 225 00:14:08,522 --> 00:14:10,733 some of your old, er, boyfriends. 226 00:14:10,775 --> 00:14:12,818 Drug charges, hooking. 227 00:14:12,859 --> 00:14:16,572 I was under 18. I wasn't hooking. They were boyfriends. 228 00:14:16,614 --> 00:14:20,577 - Those charges have been expunged. - The judge gave you a fresh start. 229 00:14:20,619 --> 00:14:22,704 What did he get from you? 230 00:14:22,746 --> 00:14:26,416 - Sexual favours? - Oh, come on, this was politics. 231 00:14:26,458 --> 00:14:30,171 - Politics? - Politics is picking up the phone 232 00:14:30,213 --> 00:14:33,132 and getting a guy who's rehabilitated out of prison 233 00:14:33,174 --> 00:14:37,304 so he can support his family and get them off welfare. Is that a crime? 234 00:14:37,346 --> 00:14:40,266 No, but bribery is. 235 00:14:41,892 --> 00:14:46,190 We need to see his appointment books, financial transactions, 236 00:14:46,232 --> 00:14:49,819 - and charities he had a part of. - Together We're Safe. 237 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:54,448 He also mentored at a college, helping teen mothers find jobs. 238 00:14:54,490 --> 00:14:56,951 He was involved in dozens of organisations. 239 00:14:56,992 --> 00:14:59,037 - We need those records also. - Why? 240 00:14:59,079 --> 00:15:02,374 - We're not sure yet. - You're barking up the wrong tree. 241 00:15:02,415 --> 00:15:05,586 Judge Varella was the last of the good guys. 242 00:15:05,628 --> 00:15:10,508 Some judges use cards to call their wives to avoid any impropriety. 243 00:15:10,550 --> 00:15:13,303 Some wives call the plumber on a pay phone. So? 244 00:15:13,345 --> 00:15:17,266 So, was he cheating on his wife, taking money for parole, or both? 245 00:15:17,307 --> 00:15:19,978 We cross-referenced his cases and charities. 246 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:23,106 He's got dozens of donations for 2,000 to 3,000. 247 00:15:23,147 --> 00:15:26,777 We've got $2,226 from a Delfino Melendez. 248 00:15:26,819 --> 00:15:28,820 Yeah, to a women's shelter. 249 00:15:28,861 --> 00:15:31,115 What, Together We're Safe? So? 250 00:15:31,156 --> 00:15:35,077 From the wives and girlfriends of guys Varella sent away. 251 00:15:35,119 --> 00:15:39,833 - And now they're out? - Wow! 4.7 million in one year. 252 00:15:39,874 --> 00:15:42,168 Pretty good for a fledgling charity. 253 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:44,295 'Fledgling'. I'm impressed. 254 00:15:45,756 --> 00:15:48,342 Oh, yeah? That's right, I'm a real dope. 255 00:15:48,384 --> 00:15:52,681 I looked it up and memorised it just so I could impress you. 256 00:15:56,768 --> 00:16:00,523 OK. This, er, governor's... aide, 257 00:16:00,564 --> 00:16:04,610 - or whatever, Miss Watergate... - Miss Watergate was Mo Dean. 258 00:16:04,652 --> 00:16:07,489 - Waterbury. - Waterbury, Watergate, whatever. 259 00:16:07,531 --> 00:16:11,910 The guy's a jerk but he's our jerk so let's follow the money. 260 00:16:13,411 --> 00:16:16,498 Cassidy, can I talk to you for a minute? 261 00:16:17,582 --> 00:16:20,127 - Sorry about that, Captain. - What? 262 00:16:20,169 --> 00:16:24,215 - Out there, that personal stuff. - What personal stuff? 263 00:16:24,257 --> 00:16:26,134 You mean with Munch? 264 00:16:27,928 --> 00:16:31,932 - No, with Benson and... - Bryan, I'm ragging you, OK? 265 00:16:31,974 --> 00:16:35,853 This is not the principal's office. You're not in trouble. 266 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:40,609 What's that? 267 00:16:40,651 --> 00:16:44,238 A statement I taped from a witness when I was in homicide. 268 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:47,242 - Sex crime? - Yeah, a little girl. 269 00:16:47,283 --> 00:16:50,160 On the tape she's nine. That was seven years ago. 270 00:16:50,202 --> 00:16:54,750 The mother's boyfriend molested the girl, then killed the mother. 271 00:16:54,792 --> 00:16:58,963 Every now and then I try to talk to the kid, see how she's doing. 272 00:16:59,004 --> 00:17:01,382 And how's she doing? 273 00:17:01,423 --> 00:17:03,676 Not that well. 274 00:17:04,718 --> 00:17:07,347 Not that well at all. 275 00:17:11,476 --> 00:17:13,938 She lives out in Queens. 276 00:17:13,979 --> 00:17:15,940 Yeah. 277 00:17:16,983 --> 00:17:20,695 Here's the rules. I don't answer questions about what I do. 278 00:17:20,737 --> 00:17:23,990 - Relax. We're not interested in you. - It's a homicide. 279 00:17:24,032 --> 00:17:26,618 The two constants so far are sex and money. 280 00:17:27,995 --> 00:17:30,831 - And you followed the money to me? - Right. 281 00:17:33,417 --> 00:17:37,130 Judge Varella would get donations out of his parolees. 282 00:17:37,172 --> 00:17:41,093 Just stop. We're not gonna get anywhere with euphemisms. 283 00:17:41,134 --> 00:17:44,638 We're not talking about donations. We're talking about bribes. 284 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,225 They've beaten and raped women. 285 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:51,938 He convinced them that donating to the shelter would help their image. 286 00:17:51,979 --> 00:17:54,024 PR for a rehabilitated rapist! 287 00:17:54,066 --> 00:17:58,612 And you would turn these donations into bribes for the parole board? 288 00:17:58,654 --> 00:18:02,325 When the judge called and said yes or no to parole vote, 289 00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:04,411 they were in his pocket. 290 00:18:04,453 --> 00:18:07,372 OK. So, what was in it for Judge Varella? 291 00:18:08,415 --> 00:18:11,670 The sex. They were on the take. 292 00:18:12,711 --> 00:18:16,174 They didn't care about those women on their knees. 293 00:18:20,053 --> 00:18:23,349 - Tyrell ain't here. - We're looking for you. 294 00:18:23,391 --> 00:18:26,268 - Me, what did I do? - Do you know Judge Varella? 295 00:18:26,310 --> 00:18:30,232 Yeah, I talked to him about Tyrell. He said he'd help me. 296 00:18:30,273 --> 00:18:33,902 That pig made me go down while I'm pregnant! 297 00:18:33,944 --> 00:18:37,740 He told you if you had sex with him, he'd let Tyrell out? 298 00:18:37,782 --> 00:18:42,078 Nah, he was so cute, I did it for free! Yeah! That's what I said. 299 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:46,415 - Why didn't you complain? - He's a judge. Who'd believe me? 300 00:18:46,457 --> 00:18:48,877 Was a judge. Where were you Tuesday night? 301 00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:52,840 Upstate, visiting Tyrell. I didn't get home till midnight. 302 00:18:52,882 --> 00:18:56,803 Tyrell's got three kids to support. I go there to remind him! 303 00:18:56,844 --> 00:19:00,223 How did you make a new one with no conjugal visits? 304 00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:02,685 Immaculate conception. 305 00:19:05,187 --> 00:19:09,066 Welcome to Parole Phone. To pay with sex, press one. 306 00:19:09,108 --> 00:19:11,653 To donate to a phoney charity, press two. 307 00:19:11,694 --> 00:19:16,282 - It's the donations that are phoney. - Also a great place to find women. 308 00:19:16,324 --> 00:19:18,994 Three of them had stayed at the TWS shelters. 309 00:19:19,036 --> 00:19:21,789 So we've got motive, means and opportunity, 310 00:19:21,831 --> 00:19:25,168 but we don't have a killer. Let's go to the pier. 311 00:19:25,210 --> 00:19:29,172 - Maybe somebody remembers. - It never ends, does it? 312 00:19:36,097 --> 00:19:40,018 Medical waste, or wasted medic? You be the judge. 313 00:19:46,149 --> 00:19:49,027 - Hey! - I got nothing. 314 00:19:49,069 --> 00:19:51,614 We're not here to borrow a cup of smack. 315 00:19:51,656 --> 00:19:55,368 Hey. Do you sleep here? 316 00:19:55,409 --> 00:19:58,956 - No. - No, you're practising t'ai chi. 317 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:01,750 Were you here last Tuesday night? 318 00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:07,090 - I don't know. What's today? - It's the night that it was cold. 319 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:10,510 It's always cold. 320 00:20:10,551 --> 00:20:14,264 There was a man shot over there in a black Seville. 321 00:20:14,306 --> 00:20:17,101 - I know. - What did you see? 322 00:20:19,228 --> 00:20:21,106 I heard the pops. 323 00:20:22,773 --> 00:20:24,401 Two of 'em. 324 00:20:24,442 --> 00:20:28,322 And then... a lady in a uniform 325 00:20:28,364 --> 00:20:31,117 - got out of the car. - What kind of uniform? 326 00:20:32,243 --> 00:20:34,078 Mmm... blue. 327 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,914 - Blue? - Well, that narrows it down. 328 00:20:36,956 --> 00:20:40,043 I can tell my captain, thanks to you we solved the crime. 329 00:20:40,085 --> 00:20:42,337 Hey, would you relax a little bit? 330 00:20:48,219 --> 00:20:50,721 - Her hair was longer. - OK. 331 00:20:51,597 --> 00:20:53,517 Er... what about her nose? 332 00:20:53,558 --> 00:20:56,060 Why don't we just focus on the nose? Here. 333 00:20:56,103 --> 00:20:58,688 I really don't know. I can't remember. 334 00:21:00,441 --> 00:21:03,903 She have any idea on the uniform? Cop? Bus driver? 335 00:21:03,945 --> 00:21:06,572 Catholic schoolgirl? Convict? No. No idea. 336 00:21:06,614 --> 00:21:09,451 So we have almost as much as we had without a witness. 337 00:21:09,493 --> 00:21:11,787 The press found out we have a witness. 338 00:21:11,829 --> 00:21:14,039 We gotta move on this. Keep digging. 339 00:21:14,081 --> 00:21:16,625 You talk to the parole-board members yet? 340 00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:19,254 - No. - We've gone over recent paroles. 341 00:21:19,295 --> 00:21:23,008 The latest let's-make-a-deal was with a convict, Roger Silver. 342 00:21:23,050 --> 00:21:26,553 Two board members are corrupt, according to Waterbury. 343 00:21:26,595 --> 00:21:28,472 Well, talk to the third. 344 00:21:32,226 --> 00:21:36,147 The board voted twice to keep him in. Why is this guy getting out? 345 00:21:36,189 --> 00:21:38,358 - Who? - Roger Silver. 346 00:21:40,152 --> 00:21:42,238 Let me see. 347 00:21:43,782 --> 00:21:47,034 - Somebody went to bat for him. - Judge Varella. 348 00:21:49,996 --> 00:21:52,332 It was a simple game of phone tag. 349 00:21:52,374 --> 00:21:56,754 A guy was up for parole, the judge called his contact in Albany. 350 00:21:56,796 --> 00:21:59,006 - Emily Waterbury? - I guess so. 351 00:21:59,048 --> 00:22:03,136 She would call the board's deputy assistant who would say yea or nay. 352 00:22:03,178 --> 00:22:06,640 - It was two jerks to one. - Were they getting kickbacks? 353 00:22:06,682 --> 00:22:08,433 - I don't know. - Oh, come on. 354 00:22:08,475 --> 00:22:11,104 This is going to the Attorney General, you know. 355 00:22:11,145 --> 00:22:16,192 I chose not to know. You have to understand, it is two against one. 356 00:22:17,694 --> 00:22:19,779 I serve on this board. 357 00:22:19,821 --> 00:22:23,116 We meet only once a month for a day. 358 00:22:23,158 --> 00:22:25,536 I get paid $20,000 a year for this. 359 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:28,665 It's not much, a political plum, but... 360 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:32,252 it keeps my kids in junior high. 361 00:22:32,293 --> 00:22:35,673 'Roger Silver. Spouse, Gina Silver. 362 00:22:35,714 --> 00:22:37,883 'Occupation... 363 00:22:37,925 --> 00:22:41,220 'Flight attendant, Intercontinent Airlines'. 364 00:22:41,261 --> 00:22:43,348 They have nice blue uniforms. 365 00:22:44,391 --> 00:22:47,102 You go. I'll check her out. Go have dinner. 366 00:22:47,143 --> 00:22:50,231 I'll be surprised if they haven't changed the locks on me. 367 00:22:52,857 --> 00:22:54,944 Uh-huh? Next week? 368 00:22:54,985 --> 00:22:57,739 Great. Thank you so much. Bye-bye. 369 00:22:58,698 --> 00:23:00,867 - Hey! - Good morning. 370 00:23:00,909 --> 00:23:05,665 Gina Silver and Judge Varella traded phone calls for two years. 371 00:23:05,706 --> 00:23:09,752 Long ones, too. 72 minutes, 39 minutes... 372 00:23:09,794 --> 00:23:13,422 A member of Varella's fellatio-for-parole programme? 373 00:23:13,464 --> 00:23:17,719 Roger Silver denied parole in 1997, again in '98, 374 00:23:17,761 --> 00:23:19,846 and one year later, same thing. 375 00:23:19,888 --> 00:23:22,892 - And now? - He's due out for parole next week. 376 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:27,105 You can't tell me that after he nearly kills her she still loves him. 377 00:23:27,146 --> 00:23:30,901 I don't get it either, but it happens all the time. Thanks. 378 00:23:37,408 --> 00:23:40,494 - Yes? - Detectives Benson and Stabler. 379 00:23:40,536 --> 00:23:44,249 We need to talk to you about your relationship with Judge Varella. 380 00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:47,877 - Mom, can I borrow this? - Yes. Go back with Grandma. 381 00:23:47,919 --> 00:23:50,256 I need to talk with these people. 382 00:23:50,297 --> 00:23:53,677 I met him a few years ago at Together We're Safe. 383 00:23:53,718 --> 00:23:56,012 I volunteered at a few of their rallies. 384 00:23:56,054 --> 00:23:58,264 - You met him? - He was an acquaintance. 385 00:23:58,306 --> 00:24:02,227 You phone acquaintances four times a week for two and a half years? 386 00:24:05,564 --> 00:24:09,068 - We had coffee a few times. - Lot of coffee. 387 00:24:09,902 --> 00:24:13,782 - Can we do this somewhere else? - Yeah. We got a car right outside. 388 00:24:13,824 --> 00:24:17,202 - Do I need a lawyer? - That's up to you, Mrs Silver. 389 00:24:17,244 --> 00:24:19,705 Mom, what... what's going on? 390 00:24:19,747 --> 00:24:23,960 Honey, get back and do your geometry homework. I'll explain later. 391 00:24:24,001 --> 00:24:27,422 Mom, is it Dad? Mom, is it Dad? 392 00:24:28,047 --> 00:24:30,133 No, honey. It's about me. 393 00:24:31,468 --> 00:24:35,138 It's gonna be all right. We'll have your mom back in a while. 394 00:24:37,892 --> 00:24:41,355 Mm... She looked different in a uniform. 395 00:24:42,438 --> 00:24:44,817 Take a good look, starting with number one. 396 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,695 She could be number two. 397 00:24:50,072 --> 00:24:53,910 But she also kinda looks like number three. 398 00:24:54,745 --> 00:24:57,247 - And four. - Thank you. 399 00:24:57,288 --> 00:24:58,540 And five. 400 00:24:58,582 --> 00:25:01,502 Could number five please turn to the side again? 401 00:25:01,543 --> 00:25:04,338 Too bad you weren't at the grassy knoll. 402 00:25:06,132 --> 00:25:08,718 - You have to let her go. - Let her go. 403 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,596 - Why? - Because her attorney said so. 404 00:25:11,638 --> 00:25:15,518 All right. I'm asking. She's got a kid at home. 405 00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:19,063 And fingerprints on a door handle isn't exactly a slam dunk 406 00:25:19,105 --> 00:25:21,483 - evidence-wise. - No, it isn't. 407 00:25:21,525 --> 00:25:26,154 No, but Cherry Glow lipstick on the late judge's shrivelling manhood is. 408 00:25:26,196 --> 00:25:30,617 That plus saliva, we take one swab of your client's mouth, one DNA test, 409 00:25:30,659 --> 00:25:33,079 that's your slam dunk. 410 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:35,624 We know what Judge Varella was doing. 411 00:25:36,707 --> 00:25:39,294 Now we just need to hear it from you. 412 00:25:44,841 --> 00:25:47,345 He called me from the office that morning 413 00:25:47,387 --> 00:25:51,182 - and said to meet him at the pier. - Did you know what that meant? 414 00:25:57,272 --> 00:25:58,732 Yes. 415 00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:02,111 - So tell us. - Was that all he said? 416 00:26:02,153 --> 00:26:03,947 Yeah. 417 00:26:03,988 --> 00:26:06,658 Look, Gina, let's save ourselves some time. 418 00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:12,248 We've got these calls. An hour and 10 minutes, 39 minutes, 42 minutes... 419 00:26:12,289 --> 00:26:14,583 One-way phone sex. 420 00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:17,503 And then he'd wanna confide in me. 421 00:26:17,544 --> 00:26:19,422 About what? 422 00:26:20,465 --> 00:26:22,802 Who was on the take in what department. 423 00:26:22,843 --> 00:26:24,886 He went on and on. 424 00:26:24,928 --> 00:26:28,808 So when he said, 'Meet me at the pier'...? 425 00:26:28,849 --> 00:26:34,314 It meant the parole board was about to vote on my husband and I... 426 00:26:35,732 --> 00:26:38,193 I had to pay my annual dues. 427 00:26:38,235 --> 00:26:39,820 Cash or...? 428 00:26:41,322 --> 00:26:43,824 On my knees. 429 00:26:43,866 --> 00:26:45,660 So... I did. 430 00:26:45,701 --> 00:26:49,206 But then he says, 'Gina, I have to end this. 431 00:26:49,248 --> 00:26:51,750 'I can't jeopardise my position.' 432 00:26:52,834 --> 00:26:57,090 His position! What about my position? 433 00:26:57,131 --> 00:27:01,636 - He wanted to end the relationship? - Relationship? Hardly. 434 00:27:01,678 --> 00:27:04,681 I was humiliated. I started to cry. 435 00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:07,893 He just rolled his eyes, said I was embarrassing him. 436 00:27:07,935 --> 00:27:10,855 But, Gina, why didn't you just leave? 437 00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:15,068 I'd kept my part of the deal. I needed him to make that call. 438 00:27:15,109 --> 00:27:18,113 You needed the phone call to Albany? 439 00:27:18,155 --> 00:27:20,950 Yeah. And he did. 440 00:27:22,409 --> 00:27:24,871 Chit-chat about the weather, yada-yada. 441 00:27:24,913 --> 00:27:28,208 Then he says, 'Oh, the Roger Silver case? 442 00:27:30,085 --> 00:27:32,921 'Wife's request denied.' 443 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,176 Then what happened? 444 00:27:37,218 --> 00:27:41,806 Then he hung up, looked at me and said, 'Satisfied? I made the call.' 445 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,726 And then he laughed. 446 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,063 He... laughed. 447 00:27:50,358 --> 00:27:53,986 I knew he kept a gun for protection behind the seat. 448 00:28:01,828 --> 00:28:04,206 That's when you shot him, isn't it? 449 00:28:06,542 --> 00:28:10,088 We need you to write it down, Gina, tell us why. 450 00:28:11,422 --> 00:28:13,300 But I told you why. 451 00:28:13,342 --> 00:28:17,638 He was a jerk. He used you and he was going to dump you. 452 00:28:17,679 --> 00:28:21,266 We understand that. But why go to those lengths 453 00:28:21,308 --> 00:28:25,146 to get back an abusive husband? We don't get that. 454 00:28:29,984 --> 00:28:32,488 Oh, my God. 455 00:28:32,530 --> 00:28:36,367 I didn't have sex with the judge to get my husband out. 456 00:28:38,453 --> 00:28:41,080 I did it to keep him in! 457 00:28:48,964 --> 00:28:52,093 I remember the case. Attempted murder. 458 00:28:52,134 --> 00:28:54,762 She had a restraining order he kept violating. 459 00:28:54,804 --> 00:28:56,681 What the hell is this? 460 00:28:56,723 --> 00:29:00,812 The impressions of chair legs. He broke a chair over her back, 461 00:29:00,853 --> 00:29:05,274 used the legs to burst her spleen and give her the tattoos. 462 00:29:05,316 --> 00:29:08,361 He told the arresting officer she did it herself. 463 00:29:08,402 --> 00:29:12,824 - I'd love to have heard that explanation. - I'll never forget it. 464 00:29:12,866 --> 00:29:15,452 Yeah. Well, still... 465 00:29:15,494 --> 00:29:19,582 If it were up to me, I'd be lenient on her. Man two max. 466 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:23,878 - Because she's a battered wife? - But he's a judge, so it's federal. 467 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,467 A dirty judge. Using sex to influence the justice system? Gotta hate that. 468 00:29:28,509 --> 00:29:33,181 Plus the hypocrisy. All that women's issue stuff while using and abusing? 469 00:29:33,223 --> 00:29:38,812 You know, if I could, I would exhume the body and kick his ass. 470 00:29:39,896 --> 00:29:41,982 But it's all moot now. 471 00:29:42,024 --> 00:29:45,819 You'd still face a sympathetic jury when the shooter goes to trial. 472 00:29:45,861 --> 00:29:50,074 Send your people up there to meet the husband, just to prepare. 473 00:29:58,501 --> 00:30:03,422 - Look... I tried to stop her. - But she just kept hitting herself. 474 00:30:03,464 --> 00:30:07,844 And the ball-peen hammer? You were cleaning it and it just went off. 475 00:30:10,514 --> 00:30:13,851 Pretty and smart. Nice combination. 476 00:30:13,893 --> 00:30:15,436 You married, Detective? 477 00:30:15,478 --> 00:30:20,484 Play the dating game with someone who shares your clinical diagnosis. 478 00:30:20,526 --> 00:30:23,111 We're here to discuss Judge Varella. 479 00:30:23,153 --> 00:30:26,573 - Oh, sure. Warren? - He's dead. 480 00:30:27,825 --> 00:30:29,452 That's too bad. 481 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,622 Did your wife mention a relationship with him? 482 00:30:33,456 --> 00:30:35,376 Oh. Now I get it. 483 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:40,631 Yeah. I called her before my parole hearing. 484 00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:42,634 I wanted to speak to Jillian. 485 00:30:42,676 --> 00:30:47,639 But Gina said, thanks to the judge, I'd never see my daughter again. 486 00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:51,726 I guess she was wrong... wasn't she? 487 00:31:00,779 --> 00:31:03,240 Tell Gina I want what's mine. 488 00:31:04,325 --> 00:31:07,619 Tell that bitch if she wants to fly the friendly skies, 489 00:31:07,661 --> 00:31:09,956 she better not make any trouble. 490 00:31:19,758 --> 00:31:21,635 Happy New Year, Marcus. 491 00:31:24,138 --> 00:31:27,975 - What the hell is this? - 42 cases that are now your problem. 492 00:31:28,017 --> 00:31:29,852 Cases of what? 493 00:31:29,894 --> 00:31:35,526 Fellatio-for-parole. Keep you busy till the end of the next millennium. 494 00:31:35,567 --> 00:31:37,695 This has to do with Judge Varella? 495 00:31:37,737 --> 00:31:40,822 You're quick, but not as quick as he was. 496 00:31:40,864 --> 00:31:45,204 He had the bright idea to charge for oral favours received. 497 00:31:45,246 --> 00:31:50,501 - Found the killer? - We're close. We're talking to the donors. 498 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,170 Well, what about the feds? 499 00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:54,880 Uh-huh? 500 00:31:54,922 --> 00:31:58,051 Well, she's gonna need protection. 501 00:31:58,093 --> 00:32:00,345 Mm-hm. All right. 502 00:32:00,387 --> 00:32:03,390 Well, er, let's put it out there. 503 00:32:03,432 --> 00:32:06,894 - Gina Silver? - Yeah. 504 00:32:08,687 --> 00:32:10,607 Uh... 505 00:32:11,650 --> 00:32:14,402 - We're not gonna be charging her. - Why? 506 00:32:14,444 --> 00:32:19,367 I dumped your work on the Attorney General. They're very interested. 507 00:32:19,408 --> 00:32:21,786 Because it's an election year. 508 00:32:21,827 --> 00:32:27,333 Well, our judge and his cronies are a hot topic with the other party. 509 00:32:27,375 --> 00:32:30,504 The Attorney General needs a guide up the food chain? 510 00:32:30,545 --> 00:32:35,300 They offered her immunity if she'd flip and her lawyer jumped at it. 511 00:32:35,342 --> 00:32:37,595 - I can't believe this. - Come on. 512 00:32:37,637 --> 00:32:41,557 It's kind of a wacked justice. She ran out of options. 513 00:32:41,599 --> 00:32:44,228 So has any junkie that's robbed a liquor store! 514 00:32:44,269 --> 00:32:48,065 She shot a judge, twice, in the head and shorts. 515 00:32:48,106 --> 00:32:52,570 She walks because a sex-for-parole scandal is worth a few votes? 516 00:32:52,612 --> 00:32:55,073 You call me cynical. 517 00:32:55,114 --> 00:32:59,870 We can re-arrest her later. I have my orders, you have yours. 518 00:33:00,704 --> 00:33:04,792 To walk the paperwork to criminal court before she's arraigned, 519 00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:08,922 - otherwise the deal is off. - That's in half an hour. 520 00:33:08,963 --> 00:33:11,758 Then run it over. 521 00:33:18,015 --> 00:33:19,935 I can't believe I'm free to go. 522 00:33:19,976 --> 00:33:24,648 - My daughter will be so relieved. - You're not really free, Gina. 523 00:33:24,689 --> 00:33:29,986 The deal is, yes, you're temporarily immune from the prosecution 524 00:33:30,028 --> 00:33:32,281 thanks to the Attorney General, 525 00:33:32,323 --> 00:33:34,952 but only because they have bigger fish to fry. 526 00:33:34,992 --> 00:33:39,790 You're gonna contact the other players and get 'em talking. 527 00:33:39,831 --> 00:33:44,294 If the government isn't getting value for money, you can be re-arrested. 528 00:33:45,713 --> 00:33:49,007 - They're not paying me. - That's between you and them. 529 00:33:49,049 --> 00:33:53,430 We're just telling you what you're getting yourself into. 530 00:33:53,472 --> 00:33:58,685 If the information's no use, you won't see Jillian till she's a grown woman. 531 00:33:58,727 --> 00:34:03,357 Detectives will be following you and watching your apartment. 532 00:34:03,398 --> 00:34:05,860 She lives in Washington Heights. 533 00:34:05,902 --> 00:34:07,362 Mm-hm. 534 00:34:07,403 --> 00:34:09,322 Yeah? So? 535 00:34:09,364 --> 00:34:11,825 That's the 33. 536 00:34:11,867 --> 00:34:13,202 What's that? 537 00:34:13,243 --> 00:34:18,123 33rd Precinct. Excellent cops, but a high crime rate. 538 00:34:18,165 --> 00:34:20,960 They'll be too busy to protect me? 539 00:34:21,002 --> 00:34:26,342 Forget the new-ID-in-the-burbs crap, Gina. That's only in the movies. 540 00:34:26,384 --> 00:34:29,720 This is called special attention. You get as much as you need. 541 00:34:29,762 --> 00:34:33,517 The squad car will go by your house on a regular basis. 542 00:34:33,558 --> 00:34:38,813 Any problem, they'll respond as fast as they can. Other than that... 543 00:34:38,855 --> 00:34:41,984 Other than that... I'm on my own. 544 00:34:42,026 --> 00:34:47,281 Look, Gina, we're just foot soldiers in all this. 545 00:34:47,323 --> 00:34:50,826 The guy you killed was a seriously flawed human being 546 00:34:50,868 --> 00:34:53,538 but he put away the same people we do. 547 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:56,584 Maybe you're getting one over on us, maybe not. 548 00:34:56,626 --> 00:34:58,920 Either way, we don't have to like it. 549 00:35:00,713 --> 00:35:02,006 OK. 550 00:35:03,966 --> 00:35:06,052 So do I wear a wire or something? 551 00:35:06,094 --> 00:35:08,889 No. You do a little pretext work. 552 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:18,149 - You know what you're gonna do? - I think so. 553 00:35:18,191 --> 00:35:21,987 Let's make sure. If you need more time to rehearse, we'll wait. 554 00:35:22,029 --> 00:35:24,448 It's better than blowing it. 555 00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:26,992 I'm ready. 556 00:35:27,034 --> 00:35:32,290 OK. This is Detective Stabler of the Special Victims Unit in Manhattan. 557 00:35:32,332 --> 00:35:37,630 I'm calling from 2125550171. 558 00:35:37,671 --> 00:35:42,051 The time is 4:23pm, the 12th of January. 559 00:35:42,093 --> 00:35:46,305 I'm now dialling the direct line of target number one 560 00:35:46,347 --> 00:35:48,391 of the parole board. 561 00:35:49,643 --> 00:35:51,521 It's ringing. 562 00:35:52,187 --> 00:35:56,150 H-Hello. Is this... Is this Adam Peterson? 563 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,862 Yes. I'm a friend of Judge Varella's. 564 00:36:00,613 --> 00:36:02,658 Er, we'll get to that. 565 00:36:02,699 --> 00:36:07,663 Er, let's just say that I... was an integral part of his operation, 566 00:36:07,704 --> 00:36:11,751 and now that he's gone, I want his cut. 567 00:36:13,544 --> 00:36:16,715 Oh, I think you know exactly what I mean. 568 00:36:16,757 --> 00:36:19,175 Are you still there? 569 00:36:19,217 --> 00:36:25,141 Good. Because if you don't talk to me, I'm gonna talk to the FBI. 570 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:32,149 That was the 33, your special-attention location. 571 00:36:32,191 --> 00:36:34,902 - What about it? - Her husband's got her. 572 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:43,203 Hey, Bryan. 573 00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:45,790 Hey, Captain. 574 00:36:45,831 --> 00:36:50,044 - I take it you saw her. - Yeah. I saw her. 575 00:36:57,594 --> 00:37:01,139 You know, when she called, I knew it wasn't good. 576 00:37:02,182 --> 00:37:07,647 I knew she had to talk to somebody cool, somebody she could relate to. 577 00:37:17,366 --> 00:37:19,535 There was this guy... 578 00:37:20,203 --> 00:37:22,580 in the 'hood... that she liked. 579 00:37:24,290 --> 00:37:26,043 A guy named Vince. 580 00:37:26,085 --> 00:37:30,297 She went down to Coney Island to, er, to see him. 581 00:37:32,842 --> 00:37:37,597 You know, the whole 'under the boardwalk, down by the sea' thing? 582 00:37:39,098 --> 00:37:43,144 After Vince... did her, 583 00:37:45,814 --> 00:37:48,317 his whole set wolf-packed her. 584 00:37:49,777 --> 00:37:52,155 Seven, eight guys. 585 00:37:52,197 --> 00:37:54,407 She's not sure. 586 00:37:55,784 --> 00:37:58,203 Which is bad enough, Captain, 587 00:37:58,244 --> 00:38:01,624 but it, er, it just gets worse. 588 00:38:04,627 --> 00:38:06,755 They left her there. 589 00:38:08,048 --> 00:38:09,508 Erm... 590 00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:13,054 by herself in the cold. 591 00:38:15,264 --> 00:38:17,850 Wrapped up in a beach towel. 592 00:38:20,646 --> 00:38:22,980 It was after dark, and, erm, 593 00:38:24,024 --> 00:38:25,984 she couldn't walk. 594 00:38:26,026 --> 00:38:30,447 She just, you know, sat there, in what was left of her... 595 00:38:30,489 --> 00:38:32,116 clothes. 596 00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:36,245 And this guy comes along 597 00:38:38,581 --> 00:38:41,168 and asks her if she needs some help. 598 00:38:41,210 --> 00:38:45,881 And she says, 'Yes. Please. Thank you.' 599 00:38:49,052 --> 00:38:51,054 And this guy, 600 00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:53,181 this, erm... 601 00:38:57,228 --> 00:39:00,314 this, uh, Good Samaritan, he, uh... 602 00:39:07,489 --> 00:39:08,908 He... 603 00:39:17,208 --> 00:39:19,252 OK. 604 00:39:19,294 --> 00:39:22,799 Erm... I think Benson and Stabler can take it from here. 605 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,925 No. I can handle this. 606 00:39:24,966 --> 00:39:27,512 Oh, I know you can, Bryan. 607 00:39:28,638 --> 00:39:30,432 Or you could transfer out. 608 00:39:34,478 --> 00:39:38,190 - Where? - There's an opening in Narcotics. 609 00:39:38,232 --> 00:39:40,317 The captain's a friend of mine. 610 00:39:40,985 --> 00:39:43,529 You could do a lot of good over there, you know. 611 00:39:43,571 --> 00:39:45,448 It wouldn't... 612 00:39:47,241 --> 00:39:49,328 Wouldn't what? 613 00:39:53,332 --> 00:39:55,585 It wouldn't be like this, Bryan. 614 00:40:01,549 --> 00:40:04,512 - Cassidy, what's up? - Whatever. 615 00:40:05,345 --> 00:40:08,474 My generation pioneered that succinct abstraction, 616 00:40:08,516 --> 00:40:10,852 but 'whatever' to me means diddly. 617 00:40:13,229 --> 00:40:16,441 OK. I'm outta here. 618 00:40:17,568 --> 00:40:19,736 For good, you mean? 619 00:40:22,365 --> 00:40:26,786 Maybe you should. You're a sweet guy. Stuff here's too weird for you. 620 00:40:26,827 --> 00:40:32,334 Captain said I could go to Narcotics, play cowboy, beat up on some people. 621 00:40:33,376 --> 00:40:35,880 That's not a bad idea. Seriously. 622 00:40:35,922 --> 00:40:39,842 I saw you with that junkie. You got out of her what most guys can't. 623 00:40:40,927 --> 00:40:43,931 It's just like... sex crimes... 624 00:40:43,972 --> 00:40:48,393 Come on! I still feel embarrassed buying rubbers at a drugstore. 625 00:40:49,770 --> 00:40:53,732 Think about it. Pumping dealers, conspiracy stakeouts... 626 00:40:55,944 --> 00:40:58,822 Right. Later. 627 00:40:58,864 --> 00:41:00,615 Later. 628 00:41:13,005 --> 00:41:15,173 - Take it easy. - OK. 629 00:41:25,268 --> 00:41:27,729 Hey. Is she still alive? 630 00:41:28,772 --> 00:41:32,068 Ink wasn't dry on his release before he heads for her. 631 00:41:32,109 --> 00:41:34,402 - What set it off? - Dirty clothes hamper. 632 00:41:34,444 --> 00:41:37,323 Drags her to the laundry room, says he'll kill her. 633 00:41:37,365 --> 00:41:41,577 - You call hostage negotiation? - Yeah, but I wouldn't wait. 634 00:41:48,293 --> 00:41:49,587 Roger? 635 00:41:50,671 --> 00:41:52,089 Whoa! OK! 636 00:41:52,131 --> 00:41:56,093 Let's just relax now, huh? I just wanna talk with you. 637 00:41:56,135 --> 00:41:59,181 Will you let me talk with you, Roger? 638 00:41:59,223 --> 00:42:01,767 Put the gun down and just talk. 639 00:42:01,808 --> 00:42:03,978 Leave it right there. 640 00:42:04,020 --> 00:42:05,605 All right? 641 00:42:05,647 --> 00:42:08,733 Here I am. Let's talk. 642 00:42:08,775 --> 00:42:11,195 I just wanna talk, all right? 643 00:42:16,742 --> 00:42:19,329 Here's what you got, OK? 644 00:42:19,371 --> 00:42:23,208 Not a good situation. Three guns, small room. Relax. 645 00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:26,253 Just... Just take a moment. 646 00:42:26,295 --> 00:42:28,755 Let's be calm, OK? 647 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,425 This is mine. 648 00:42:31,467 --> 00:42:36,764 OK. All right. Help me out here, Roger. OK? 649 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,604 Step away from her, drop your gun.